Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Charleston, WV

WVZALL-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER/FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0125 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF
WEST VIRGINIA...

ABUNDENT MOISTURE IS COMBINING WITH THE SUNS ENERGY TO CREATE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.  THE TWO PRIMARY
PROBLEMS EXPECTED FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP ARE STRONG WINDS
AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR BANKS FROM THE RAINS
THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER, THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE SUN CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ENERGY
TO THE ATMOSPHERE.  THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND/OR FLASH FLOODING.

THE HEAVY RAINS IN THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING SATURATED THE GROUND
IN COUNTIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA.  THE COUNTIES
WHICH ARE NOW AT GREATEST RISK AND WHICH WOULD DEVELOP PROBLEMS THE
QUICKEST AFTER HEAVY RAINS DEVELOP ARE IN THE LITTLE KANAWHA AND ELK
RIVER BASINS.

FROM THE RAINS THIS MORNING, RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE LITTLE KANAWHA
RIVER ARE EXPECTED TO REACH AROUND 3/4 BANKFULL LATER TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY.  LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER MAY RECEIVE SOME WATER
PROBLEMS.  IF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS MAY DEVELOP.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 1 INCH IN ONE HOUR OR 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES IN
THREE HOURS WILL CREATE PROBLEMS IN MOST AREAS. PERSONS LIVING NEAR
CREREKS AND SMALL STREAMS SHOULBE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE
READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION.

END AAR

KYC089-135-OHC079-087-105-131-WVC099-241830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
132 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR
WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
...FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SHOWED NUMEROUS
SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT OUR THREE STATE AREA.
THE STRONGEST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN WESTERN LEWIS AND
EASTERN GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...EASTERN PIKE...WESTERN
JACCKSON...NORTHERN MEIGS...AND SOUTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN
OHIO...AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AND
STAY CLEAR OF WINDOWS. THESE STORMS CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ANY
LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

PLYBON

WVZALL-241900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
0255 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN SLOPES OF
WEST VIRGINIA...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED AND IS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN WOOD,
NORTHERN JACKSON AS WELL AS WIRT COUNTIES.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THIS
STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 1 INCH IN SOME PLACES.  THIS WILL BRING
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS THERE WITH MINOR
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS SETTING UP FROM MASON COUNTY EASTWARD TO
GILMER COUNTY IN WEST VIRGINIA.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
NEAR ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IN THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.  THIS WILL
RETURN THE CREEKS AND STREAMS BACK TO 3/4 TO NEAR BANKFULL LEVELS IN
WIRT, CALHOUN,ROANE AND GILMER COUNTIES.  IF THESE STORMS STRENGTHEN AND
PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 0MUCH OVER AN INCH, FLASH FLOODING WILL RESULT
AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED.

THE WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.

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KY006-WVZ003-OHZ009-242015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV
320 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO, WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FOR WESTERN WEST
VIRGINIA...

...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 315 PM EDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
AREA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ACROSS CENTRAL GALLIA COUNTY OF OHIO
AND OVER EASTERN BOYD COUNTY MOVING INTO NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY.

SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING RAINS AND DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY NIGHT.  ALSO WITH THESE STORMS CAN BE INTENSE DANGEROUS LIGHTING
AND POSSIBLY HAIL.

MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS HAS BEEN TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA, SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IN A
STURDY BUILDING.  ALSO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE RAPID RISE
IN WATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER POSSIBLE STATEMENTS
OR WARNINGS.

END/COSTELLO